Ask your supervisor or your HR Partner if your duty station has an in-person induction programme for new staff. It is a great way to meet others and start developing friendships.
There are several key platforms and applications that you will be expected to use:
HR Platforms
Umoja — submit leave, manage travel requests and other benefits; obtain a personnel action form and payslips.
Inspira — apply for jobs, manage performance management documents, and register for training. Requires separate log-in credentials.
Applications
Learn about enterprise applications on the Global Online AppDesk (available via UN iSeek) including Microsoft Office 365 applications. A few commonly used apps include:
Outlook for email
Teams for online meetings, document sharing, chatting with colleagues
SharePoint for cloud-based storage for your working documents
PowerBI for data analysis Project for planning
Forms for surveys, feedback forms, quizzes
A few recommended ways to stay well informed include:
Subscribe to or explore UN news, available in many languages
Follow the UN on social media to be aware of what is happening in the Organization. For your personal and work accounts, the Social Media Guidelines can help you navigate what is appropriate.
Read articles relevant to the work of all UN organizations in UN Today, a monthly magazine.
Check out the daily briefing of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Find the full-text of the Secretary-General's statements and press conferences.
Discover how we reach out to the world via UN Information Centres around the world.
Set up your official UN email signature
The Department of Global Communications developed detailed instructions on how to create your personalized official UN signature, whether you are accessing Outlook via the app on your computer, a web browser, a mobile phone, or tablet.
Find that by searching UN Intranet iSeek for "email signature".
Update your profile in Office 365 by following these instructions.